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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Tot School Pumpkins

Pumpkin day is oodles of fun in tot school. There was a whole lot of this going on all day:

We played with sensory tubs filled with pumpkin buckets and pumpkin erasers and orange and green rice. There was also a pumpkin ball that kids took turns rolling to each other. It was really fun to watch the kids as they found others to play pass with. We also did oodles of art today. We had white paper cut into big pumpkin shapes and used glue and tissue paper to decorate them. We also colored all over our pumpkins with washable markers, washed it off with a baby wipe, then colored on them again! During art time we also cut open a pumpkin. We made the sound of /c/ (also known as the /k/ sound) while we were cutting. When you cut your pumpkins or practice cutting at home for the next little bit practice the letter c by saying /c/ /c/ /c/ as you are cutting.

We were able to spend about 10 minutes at the end of the day outside. They got to play with mini pumpkins outside. It was fun to watch them take the pumpkins for rides, cover them in sand in the sandbox and pile them in the flower boxes on the play house. We had a fantastic day. Check out our pumpkin tot pack here!

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I'm a homeschooling mom to CJ (7) and EMan (5) and we are sharing the love of learning with our playgroup friends. I used to host a formal preschool in my home but am now focusing on our own family for the time being.

I've created my own toddler and preschool curriculums that have had excellent success with many students reading before Kindergarten.

In short, I believe that children can learn the basics of reading and math while they are still young. This instruction is a structured learning environment that helps young children learn boundaries in a safe way. Once they have the basic building blocks down they can move into a more unschooling learning environment where they take the lead and show me what they'd like to explore and learn.